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A fieldfare taking a moment among the bright cotoneaster berries, completely unbothered by the cold. I love how these birds bring a bit of attitude and colour to the quieter months.
a little bit of sunshine in your life
always bring your own sunshine
pose and backdrop found at sunnys studio
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Reminds me a bit of Jack and the bean stalk :-)
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I know that I am a bit late to the party, but here is my take of the close encounter of Mars with the Pleiades open cluster.
I would have loved to shoot this as a deepscape from a dark sky location with some nice landscape in the foreground, but first I was clouded out and when it finally cleared, I had to fly the other day and was only able to shoot from my light polluted backyard.
Sometimes, you have to take what you can, even if it means to shoot a reflection nebula under a bortle 5 sky. Hope I will have better conditions in 17 years, when this encounter will happen again.
EXIF
Canon EOS 7D mkii
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8
Skywatcher AZ-GTI
Controlled with ASIair
120 x 30s + 60 x 15s @ ISO800 @ 200mm f/2.8
Bit of Denmark - Solvang attracts thousends of visitors each year with its charming architecture, friendly people, unique shops and authentic Danish food
Something a bit different than one of my favorite landscape photos.
The lobby of the Venetian Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The designers did an excellent job with the detail and color of the space. The 5 second exposure almost blurred out the individuals walking within view. The hotel policy does not permit tripods, but I asked permission and they agreed,but did ask that I be careful of others.
Nikon D800
Nikon 24-70 f/2.8 at 24 mm
5 sec at f/13 ISO 100
Single photo processed in Lightroom
Captured; April 15, 2013
Bit noisy because of the high ISO
Location: Minatomirai, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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in a small moment ..
Olympus OM-1 w M.Zuiko 7-14/2.8 Pro
ISO200 f/11 7mm -2 and 0ev
Two frames raw developed in DxO PhtotoLab 8, stacked and blended in Affinity Photo 2.6, colour graded in Nik 7 Color Efex and finished off back in PhotoLab.
The Shallows, Bass Point, Shellharbour, NSW
Bit of an odd one, I thought it was an old SAAB when I first caught a glimpse of it. Old streeview images show this one looking very dirty, so its obviously had a tidy up reasonably recently.
Matra made these for about 6 years, and turned out fewer than 10,000.
Bit of a Marmite shot I would think.
the bokeh has not been added in post - shot though a dew covered branch in the foreground.,
I usually find Little Owls a little bit shy. If you get too close they quickly disappear, but this one seems more relaxed. It was fully aware of my presence and watched me walk by the tree and stop to take photographs. It was happy to stay there until I walked on a few minutes later. Taken near my home in West Yorkshire.
To change things up a bit, here is an old favorite of mine.
A small section of the narrows in Zion National Park with afternoon light dancing through the canyon walls. I was really lucky on this trip to run into Ben Horne (Zion Guru) who was nice enough to spend a few hours hiking up the canyon with me.
When we stand in awe, our lips do not demand speech; we know that if we spoke, we would deprave ourselves. In such moments talk is an abomination. All we want is to pause, to be still, that the moment may last. It is like listening to great music; how it reaps the yield from the fertile soil of stillness; we are swept by it without being able to appraise it. The meaning of the things we revere is overwhelming and beyond the grasp of our understanding. We possess no categories for it and would distort it if we tried to appraise it by our standard of values; it essentially surpasses our criteria.
-Thunder in the Soul To Be Known by God, Abraham Joshua Heschel
To say that Marsh Warbler is a bit of a birders' bird is an understatement. They look incredibly similar to the much commoner Reed Warbler, but only keen birdwatchers would get excited about seeing one. It took me years to get a clear photo of a common Reed Warbler because they always hide among reed stems, so I cannot believe how lucky I was to get an unobscured view of this Marsh Warbler on my first attempt, as they are also notorious skulkers. I say lucky because this one only perched momentarily in the open before bolting back to a hidden song perch. But this photo does show all of the subtle diagnostic features of Marsh Warbler; The tips of its primary feathers (wing tips) are edged pale , where these are dark-edged on Reed Warbler. Take a look on this Reed Warbler to compare: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/52098887790/in/photolist Also the tertials (those feathers above the primaries on the closed wing) have a more contrasting pale edge on Marsh Warbler. The overall colour of Marsh Warbler has a subtle olive hue, and lacks any rufous tones of Reed Warbler. Finally the legs are noticeably pale whereas they appear dark on Reed Warbler.
There are about 130,000 breeding pairs of Reed Warbler in Britain whereas Marsh Warbler usually has fewer than ten breeding pairs. Two singing males had set up breeding territories less than 100m apart on the Lincolnshire coast near Chapel St Leonards last week and as I had not seen one for over 20 years, and I have never photographed one I thought I'd make the effort. I'm glad I did, though they were elusive and only gave photo-opportunities on a couple of occasions. The habitat was not quite like the previous Marsh Warblers I had seen as this one seemed to inhabit reeds, just like Reed Warbler, whereas the others I have seen have been in tall fen with Meadowsweet and Great Hairy Willowherb rather than reeds.
Bit of a story here....
Some 29 years ago (yikes!) I arrived in Sheffield having transferred from London Ambulance to take up my new post at Longley Ambulance Station.
I filled a vacancy there due to a chap leaving and going off to Canada to start a new life over there in the ambulance service.
His name was/is Lou Gelsthorpe.
The other day I was sat in Middlewood Ambulance Station when a guy came in and asked if there were any 'old' ambulance men about..
I said no everybody was out bar me and the cleaners.
I asked him what he wanted 'old ambulance men' for and he said that he used to work for South Yorkshire Ambulance a while back but had moved to Canada...
The penny slowly dropped and I asked him his name.....
Yes! It was/is the same guy! Lou Gelsthorpe!
I was amazed at seeing him and then I told him that I was the guy who took his place at Longley Station 29 years ago... It was then his turn to be amazed...!
What a thing eh!
For me to be at Middlewood Station when he called in on the off chance & not even the station we were both at 29 years ago either!.
Amazing..!
We sat down and had a bit of a reminisce and I got out the station photo albums and we looked through them and he saw guys and gals that he recognised and even remembered names of! I had to point out the ones who had not only retired but had unfortunately died as well.. (bit sad but very good too!)
He couldn't stay too long but I asked if I could take a picture of him and put it up here on Flickr..
So I did! There he is in the top one with one of our newest vehicles.....
Plus for a 'context' view I have placed him (in the lower picture) leaning on the very vehicles that both he & I drove & worked from out of Longley Station, but of course not at the same time!
Not a great 'clone' shot but I thought I'd put them together...
Wow what an interesting encounter eh!
Lou said that he had some old photos from his time with SYAS and would email them to me... So watch this space..
I work for Yorkshire Ambulance Service on the RRVs in and around the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire.
It’s a great job and I feel very honoured to be able to help people at their point of need.
Check out the website for all sorts of info re YAS and the work we do.
Clouds are moving in a bit later today, so I played around creating my own caustics during predawn hours and while folks in the house were still asleep. Ingredients: dark room, water bottle, back of an old Mac, light source , my iPhone , one hand to hold the iPhone, the other hand to hold the light source, two fingers very slightly agape to cover light source so it’s a smaller light source. And then while holding all that, take a photo. Next time I’m getting out the tripod.
Bit of a lucky shot. It was only afterwards, I realised, that a bee had flown in on the same focal plane as the butterfly, just as I took the shot.
I took this photo in 2016 but never really showed it as I thought it was a bit sad. Maybe its the right time now with whats happing here with the threat of Brexit hanging over us through no fault of our own! Such a shameful mess!! P@t.
"1847 was the year it all began,
Driving pains of hunger drove a million from this land,
They journeyed not for glory,
There motive wasnt greed,
A voyage of survival,
Far across the stormy seas,
To the city of Chicago,
As the evening shadows fall,
There are people dreamin`
Of the hills of Donegal
Some of them knew fortune,
Some of them knew pain,
More of them knew heartbreak,
Died upon the plains,
They spread throughout the nation,
Rode the railroad cars,
Brought their songs and music,
To ease their lonely hearts, "
To the city of Chicago
Etc.
[ Luka Bloom ]
Luka is the brother of Christy Moore and he is a superb artist and composer who Ive been lucky to have seen many times. He knows more than 3 chords and can play!!! Brilliant! Look him up on uTube! P.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqnHJy0elc4
Another photo from last Saturdays trek.
Maulin mountain stands at 570m and is part of the Wicklow National park. Its a wild, boggy place but it has the most amazing views looking east towards the Irish sea and south Dublin Bay.
I find it a very sad place as I know the history of it. Its not bad thing in my opinion to remember these dreadful happenings here, with respect and reverence as thankfully, we have all moved on in regard to our treatment and regard for our fellow humans, None in my opinion, more so than the Irish who in recent years have really grasped the nettle regarding peoples freedom, rights and civil liberties, including the removal in 1999 of article 2 and 3 from the constitution where the Republic of Ireland laid claim to Northern Ireland. A brave and a wonderful step which lead to the good Friday agreement and a lasting peace which we all work tirelessly to keep.
The stone walls crossing this mountain for more than 600 yards, serve no useful purpose whatsoever and were built during the Famine years of 1847-1850, a terrible time when over one million died and another million emigrated to the new World. No one is quite certain of the exact numbers and im also certain that there are quite a number of bodies buried along this wall as they died of starvation while building it. The Government decided to start these hair brained schemes under the OPW as rather than give the starving food it was decided to make them work for it " So as not to foster and promote laziness " amongst the Irish! Work, when they were dying. Its so deep in the Irish psyche that people still talk about and everyone knows what "famine beds" and "Hungry Grass" is
It still casts a "blight" upon all of us!
The round stone structure in the fourground is competely covered in and incorporated into the wall. Its about 3ft high and 4ft in diameter with a 2 ft square hole in one side. No one seems to know what it is but its from the famine yearss Maybe a dog shelter. could be for food but................!
Because of the way the English ruled Ireland, the land was divided into very small areas, sometimes of no more than a half an acre. This was so that the landlords could obtain more rents doubling or tripling the number of tennants, The rents were more than most people could afford anyway.Little has changed much there Im afraid! There could be up to 12 or 13 children together with their parents and maybe their grandparents living in a small rough house in each of theses homesteads struggling to live anyway so when the famine came, it was devastation.
There was a population explosion here in the 1830s as the potato sustained so many of the population.It was thought that the potato was introduced to Ireland by Sir Walter Raleigh
but it is now widely accepted that it arrived with the Spanish Armada in 1588. The Armada tried to invade England but were routed and they tried to escape across the top of Scotland and down the west coast Ireland but sadly they were caught in severe gales and many sunk and many were captured here by the English and the Irish who killed them or held them for randsome. Its said that women collecting seaweed in west, possibly Co. Kerry, found potato tubers washed up on the shore. They planted them in the poor peaty soil and to their amazement they grew extremely well, yielding up to 20 potatoes per stalk. This meant that they could easily feed their families so it became the mainstay of the diet here. This of course lead to a population explosion which Im certain the infamous drink, Poiteen played no "small" part in! Lol! Sorry ! Bad choice of words!!!!!!
In 1847 [ black 47 ] a blight struck the potato crop blackening the stems and rotting the young tubers in the ground. and in storage pits { Clamps } in the ground, This resulted in total starvation for millions. At the same time thousands of tons of other foods, like Maize and Wheat were exported out of the ports here under armed guard. Queen Victoria contributed £5 to the Irish famine relief fund but was advised by her ministers to als give the same amount to Battersea Dogs Home as they didnt want it to appear that she was favouring us!!! How appalling!
A sad time and we should never forget but we move on thankfully and rise way above it all. We now live in peace here on our beautiful island and we must ensure that it remains that way for all our sakes.
Hugs and best wishes to all my friends here who just like us, are spread out to the 4 corners of our World! Thank you!
P
FOOTNOTE; 4/6/2019
Trump is in the UK at the moment and coming here tomorrow unfortunately. Hes not welcome! Hes still spouting his rheteroic about immigration. I have a question for him! The native American is the Red Indian so where does he think everybody else. including his ancestors came from? Indeed were it not for America, millions of Irish would have died here because of the famine. Australia also took many Irish people So think on! It was the immigrants that made America what it is today Fortunately they are not all like Trump! Hes in the minority and he wont last the distance. Statesman? Give us a break!!!!
P.
The heavens opened and most folk took shelter as it didn't look to be improving Stu and myself retired to the pub, just to get out of the rain, honest...........
M31, M32 and M110 the Andromeda galaxy
Imaged October 2, 2011 and October 23, 24 and 25, 2014
Imaged from Ocala, FL and Chiefland, Florida
Nikon 180mm ED at f/4 and Orion 80mm EON
Imaging cameras: Canon T1i (Hap Griffin modified) and QSI 683 wsg-8
Losmandy G-11 with Gemini II German equatorial mount
Processed in Photoshop CS5
Registar used to combine galaxies from two different imaging scales.
Bit of a lazy day, despite not staying up till midnight for the first time in years... We usually watch Hootenanny, but George Ezra was up first, which caused us to turn TV off and go to bed at 11.30pm. Not much point, as the West Chiltington bazooka brigade started up at midnight or thereabouts. More money than sense round here. At least I didn't have to deal with a terrified horse...
A first attempt at oil and water pictures... More work required methinks.
Perhaps a bit too pretty for some but a revisit to the Lune valley on Referendum Day prompted a shot from the Fairmile Road which sees a Virgin Voyager working the 11.43 London Euston - Glasgow (9S65) service, and running 27 minutes late as it happened.
Luckily the height of the Fairmile Road hides the worst excesses of the M6 motorway, and interesting too that despite being electrified the railway cuts a pretty small visual footprint in this stunning setting. As always good to see the pink and white foxgloves making an occasional stand in the rampant bracken.
23rd June 2016
Little bit different style for today's photo. I usually like to make my photos bright and colorful, but I wanted to change it up and challenge myself.
A bit of beauty leftover from last season.
A Knockout rose, no fragrance, designed to fill in tough spots in a landscape.
In the 1970s and 1980s, several railroads had a bit of a fad with B-units. Meaning units without a cab. The units still had a prime mover and traction motors, but could only be controlled when MU'd to other units. Such units are quite rare today, but it just so happened that an SD45-2B was coming through town at BNSF's Engine House today. SPTX 5703 has a bit of a storied history. It was actually originally delivered as a standard SD45-2 (with a cab). In fact, this was the unit that Santa Fe painted in red, white, and blue to celebrate the Bicentennial in 1976. However, in October 1987, Santa Fe converted three SD45-2s into B-units, removing their cabs. ATSF 5703 was one such unit. Note that the dynamic brakes were moved forward to the area where the cab had once been located to help improve cooling. The unit is now owned by a private individual named Noah McCann, and it is reportedly headed to Middletown, IA.
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HFF
a bit any way that is ....
I love the clouds, more than anything in the pic ....
HFF to you !
( this is the overlook on Rockwood Mountain)
in Grandview TN ....
Going toward Crossville ...
anyone else having flickr woes... I could not get logged on until
about 4;sh pm Thursday ..maybe it is me ...
Found-art sculpture, displayed in front of...
DeKalb County (Scottdale), Georgia, USA.
10 December 2022.
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A bit of a new direction here, thanks to Nicole (www.flickr.com/photos/42756235@N02/)
and Steveblackdog (www.flickr.com/photos/steveblackdog/) for encouragement and inspiration.
A bit of Blue, Blue skies, sunshine and Blue locos (2)
Shap Beck WCML - 1hr later DRS hire in (DB) 66122 brings 4M27 south from Carlisle running about 20 late, routed west out of Mossend, towards Ayr and then south via the GSWR to Dumfries & Gretna Junc. It was 7 early into Kingmoor, but 20 late away.
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